Bad news my friend it seems that everyone i've spoken to hasn't seen that type of adapter and can't find it from any of their contacts either

That's OK. I think we're going with the recommendation to cut the power cable as the initial approach. I'll post pictures on the way to do this later next week. I think we're not going to find a source for this power connector.

THat's OK. I think we're going with the recommendation to cut the power cable as the initial approach. I'll post pictures on the way to do this later next week. I thing we're not going to find a source for this power connector.

Thanks for checking.

Well maybe you could get people to send in there Mac PSU and what you can do is cut the cord then add a ps2 connector on to both ends so you can plugin the DC DC Adapter and also they can bring it inside and plug in the orignal mac psu

Thats if you want to be getting mac psu's from people tho.

But it's a good solution for setting it up inside and outside if needed

THat's OK. I think we're going with the recommendation to cut the power cable as the initial approach. I'll post pictures on the way to do this later next week. I thing we're not going to find a source for this power connector.

Thanks for checking.

Does this mean .... we're close to a launch? Our struggle for power might soon be taken care of?? That the day of the Mac mini driven carputer has come? does this mean that we can eat popcorn again? oh sweet pop tarts from the toaster- this is good news ... or i could be reading into this too much .... if so then I'll blame this on forgeting the meds again ....

A cheap UPS can provide this kind of functionality. When you hook up a UPS to a PC/Mac you get to make a few decisions like what happens in the event of a power failure.

I agree, but when you have a UPS, unless you have a DC one that is cheap (i've never seen one as such for a computer to control, so point in the right direction), then you will also need an invertor...which most of the time produces static over your sound.

This is why (again) I am leaning toward a Powerbook in the car, like i did with a Dell laptop. The other reason for the Powerbook is so i can have free mobile internet (from my work footing the bill...) with celluar broadband access:-)

I agree, but when you have a UPS, unless you have a DC one that is cheap (i've never seen one as such for a computer to control, so point in the right direction), then you will also need an invertor...which most of the time produces static over your sound.

I was in best buy yesterday and saw a Monster power inverter that claimed to help fight the static noise and came with all hardware needed to hardwire it to your battery .... Monster is a pretty good brand (as far as their audio cables go I believe)